CN105609506B - Separate type flash memory in grating structure - Google Patents

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CN105609506B
CN105609506B CN201610055047.7A CN201610055047A CN105609506B CN 105609506 B CN105609506 B CN 105609506B CN 201610055047 A CN201610055047 A CN 201610055047A CN 105609506 B CN105609506 B CN 105609506B
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The present invention relates to technical field of manufacturing semiconductors, more particularly to a kind of separate type flash memory in grating structure, the lower surface for being located at the control gate on the horizontal component of L-shaped wordline grid by setting unit makes control gate and floating boom have the longitudinal overlapping region in part less than the upper surface of floating boom, to increase the coupling area of control gate and floating boom, to improve the coefficient of coup of the control gate to floating boom, and then improve flash memory write efficiency;And the turning that erasing grid are closed on by the way that floating boom is arranged is fillet so that the phenomenon that capable of forming the higher tunnel oxide of thickness homogeneous quality in follow-up film forming, improve erasing decline;It is located on the floating boom of part so that erasing grid have part of horizontal overlapping region with floating boom, to increase the coupling area of erasing grid and floating boom, to improve the coefficient of coup of the erasing grid to floating boom by the way that the horizontal component of the erasing grid of T-shaped structure is arranged simultaneously.

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Separate type flash memory in grating structure
Technical field
The present invention relates to technical field of manufacturing semiconductors more particularly to a kind of separate type flash memory in grating structures.
Background technology
Currently, in the flash memory of separate type grid (split gate) structure, (program) efficiency and erasing speed, which is written, is Two important quality index.Control gate (Control gate) is to the coefficient of coup of floating boom (floating gate) to write-in Speed plays a crucial role;Under the same operating conditions, the higher coefficient of coup can bring faster writing speed; And the dielectric strength of the tunnel oxide between floating boom and erasing grid is most important on the decline influence for wiping performance.
Existing technique realizes coupling of the control gate to floating boom based on traditional capacitance structure, i.e. bottom crown on plane Effect, required electricity when to floating boom offer source thermoelectron injection (Source-side hot electron injection) Pressure.Coupling efficiency (coefficient) is limited to pole plate spacing, coupling area and intermediate medium dielectric constant, is keeping spacing and dielectric normal In the case of number, it is difficult to improve the coefficient of coup.
In the flash memory of separate type grid structure, erasing is by polysilicon between floating boom and erasing grid to one promise of polysilicon fowler De Haimu electronics tunneling effect (poly-to-poly Fowler-Nordheim electron tunneling) realizes, should Physical phenomenon is happened at floating boom and wipes the turning (corner) of grid contact.When erasing (Erase) under electric field action, floating boom turns Electronics tunneling effect (electron tunneling) occurs at angle, tunnel oxide will be passed through by wiping electronics every time, if Oxide layer is intrinsic second-rate, then under forceful electric power field action, tunneling oxide can be damaged after repeatedly recycling, and wipes Except speed can gradually slack-off (Erase degradation).Under current structural model, floating boom corner shape is sharper It is sharp, it in the subsequent process, be easy to cause tunnel oxide quality of forming film and thickness evenness is poor, and can be formed in erasing Strong electric damages oxide layer, causes the decline of erasing speed.These are all that those skilled in the art do not expect to see.
Invention content
In view of the above problems, the invention discloses a kind of separate type flash memory in grating structures, including:
Active area and drain region is arranged in substrate;
Grid are wiped, are set on the source region;
Grid dividing structure, the substrate being set between the source region and drain region, the grid dividing structure include floating boom, Control gate and L-shaped wordline grid including a horizontal component and a vertical component, and the horizontal component of the L-shaped wordline grid Upper surface be less than the floating boom upper surface;
Wherein, the control gate is set on the horizontal component of the floating boom and the L-shaped wordline grid, and part is located at The lower surface of the control gate on the horizontal component of the L-shaped wordline grid makes the control less than the upper surface of the floating boom Grid processed have the longitudinal overlapping region in part with the floating boom, to increase the coupling area of the control gate and the floating boom.
Above-mentioned separate type flash memory in grating structure, wherein thickness of the horizontal component of the L-shaped wordline grid than the control gate It is 180~220 angstroms thin.
Above-mentioned separate type flash memory in grating structure, wherein the material of the L-shaped wordline grid is polysilicon or metal.
Above-mentioned separate type flash memory in grating structure, wherein the floating boom is cube structure, and the floating boom closes on the erasing The turning of grid is set as fillet.
Above-mentioned separate type flash memory in grating structure, wherein be provided with tunnel oxygen between the grid dividing structure and the erasing grid Change layer.
Above-mentioned separate type flash memory in grating structure, wherein be provided with gate medium between the L-shaped wordline grid and the substrate Layer.
Above-mentioned separate type flash memory in grating structure, wherein the material of the gate dielectric layer is silica or high-k Material.
Foregoing invention has the following advantages that or advantageous effect:
The invention discloses a kind of separate type flash memory in grating structures, and the horizontal component of L-shaped wordline grid is located at by setting unit On the lower surface of control gate make control gate and floating boom that there is the longitudinal overlapping region in part less than the upper surface of floating boom, to increase The coupling area for adding control gate and floating boom, to improve coefficient of coup CR (coupling ratio) of the control gate to floating boom, And then improve flash memory write efficiency;And the turning that erasing grid are closed on by the way that floating boom is arranged is fillet so that in follow-up film forming The phenomenon that higher tunnel oxide of thickness homogeneous quality can be formed, improve erasing decline.
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Upon reading the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments with reference to the following drawings, the present invention and its feature, outer Shape and advantage will become more apparent.Identical label indicates identical part in whole attached drawings.Not can according to than Example draws attached drawing, it is preferred that emphasis is shows the purport of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of separate type flash memory in grating structure in the embodiment of the present invention one;
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of separate type flash memory in grating structure in the embodiment of the present invention two.
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The present invention is further illustrated with specific embodiment below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but not as the limit of the present invention It is fixed.
Embodiment one:
As shown in Figure 1, the present embodiment is related to a kind of separate type flash memory in grating structure, which includes setting active area 22 With the substrate 1 in drain region 21, the erasing grid 7 being set on source region 22, it is set on the substrate 1 between source region 22 and drain region 21 Grid dividing structure, and the grid dividing structure includes floating boom 5, control gate 6 and the L including a horizontal component and a vertical component Shape wordline grid 4, and the upper surface of the horizontal component of L-shaped wordline grid 4 is less than the upper surface of floating boom;Wherein, control gate 6 is set to floating On the horizontal component of grid 5 and L-shaped wordline grid 4, and part is located under the control gate 6 on the horizontal component of L-shaped wordline grid 4 The upper surface that surface is less than floating boom 5 makes control gate 6 and floating boom 5 have part longitudinal overlapping region (i.e. 6 part of control gate longitudinal direction Surround floating boom 5), to increase the coupling area of control gate 6 and floating boom 5, so as to improve coupled systemes of the control gate 6 to floating boom 5 Number, and then flash memory write efficiency can be improved, wherein L-shaped wordline grid, which are arranged, can reduce the thickness of 4 horizontal component of wordline grid Degree, grid 6 and floating boom 5 form the longitudinal overlapping region Free up Memory in part in order to control.In embodiment, compared with traditional technology, control Grid 6 and floating boom 5 processed are constant in the area of horizontal plane.
On this basis, further, the horizontal component of above-mentioned L-shaped wordline grid 4 is thinner than the thickness of control gate 6 by 180~220 Angstrom (such as 180 angstroms, 190 angstroms, 200 angstroms or 220 angstroms etc.).
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the material of above-mentioned L-shaped wordline grid 4 is polysilicon or metal.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is provided with gate dielectric layer between above-mentioned L-shaped wordline grid 4 and substrate 1 3。
On this basis, further, the material of gate dielectric layer 3 can be silica, or high-k Material, so as to optimize threshold voltage (Vt) and significantly reduce selection grid (select gate, abbreviation SG) (the selection Grid, that is, wordline grid) gate medium leakage current.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, tunneling oxide layer is provided between above-mentioned grid dividing structure and erasing grid 7 8。
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the shape of above-mentioned erasing grid 7 can be T shapes.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, (it could also say that floating boom between above-mentioned grid dividing structure and erasing grid 7 Between 5 and the stacked structure formed of control gate 6 and erasing grid 7) it is provided with tunneling oxide layer 8.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the shape of above-mentioned floating boom 5 can be cube structure.
In addition, the present invention increases the coupling area of control gate 6 and floating boom 5, coupled systemes of the control gate to floating boom can be improved Number, and then the principle for improving flash memory write efficiency is as follows:
1, increase the principle of the coefficient of coup:
Wherein ∈ is constant, and d is pole plate (control gate and floating boom) spacing, CFGFor floating gate capacitance, S is polar plate area, when ∈, d、CFGWhen being constant, CR values can be increased by changing S.
2, increase the coefficient of coup to improve writing speed principle:
In the flash memory of separate type grid structure, (Source-side hot are injected by source thermoelectron when data are written Electron injection) it realizes, voltage is must have on floating boom, it is in other external operating conditions identical, The higher coefficient of coup can bring faster writing speed.
Embodiment two:
As shown in Fig. 2, the present embodiment is roughly the same with embodiment one, differs only in floating boom 5 in the present embodiment and close on wiping Except the turning of grid 7 is set as fillet so that can form the higher tunnel oxide 8 of thickness homogeneous quality in follow-up film forming, change The phenomenon that being apt to erasing decline;But round and smooth floating boom pattern makes floating boom 5 and the coupling area wiped between grid 7 become smaller, and makes Reduce at the coefficient of coup between erasing grid 7 and floating boom 5;In order to make up this loss, meanwhile, it is arranged in the present embodiment and wipes grid 7 shape is the T-shaped structure for including horizontal component and vertical component, and the horizontal component of T-shaped structure is located on part floating boom 5 So that erasing grid 7 have part of horizontal overlapping region with floating boom 5, to increase the coupling area of erasing grid 7 and floating boom 5, to carry The high coefficients of coup of the erasing grid 7 to floating boom 5.
In the present embodiment, erasing grid 7 with floating boom 5 there is part of horizontal overlapping region can cause control gate 6 and floating boom 5 again Horizontal overlapping region reduce, and there is the longitudinal overlapping region in part since control gate 6 and floating boom 5 is arranged in the present embodiment, It can keep the coefficient of coup of the control gate 6 to floating boom 5.
It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that those skilled in the art are combining the prior art and above-described embodiment can be with Realize change case, this will not be repeated here.Such change case does not affect the essence of the present invention, and it will not be described here.
Presently preferred embodiments of the present invention is described above.It is to be appreciated that the invention is not limited in above-mentioned Particular implementation, wherein the equipment and structure be not described in detail to the greatest extent are construed as giving reality with the common mode in this field It applies;Any technical person familiar with the field, without departing from the scope of the technical proposal of the invention, all using the disclosure above Methods and technical content many possible changes and modifications are made to technical solution of the present invention, or be revised as equivalent variations etc. Embodiment is imitated, this is not affected the essence of the present invention.Therefore, every content without departing from technical solution of the present invention, foundation The technical spirit any simple modifications, equivalents, and modifications made to the above embodiment of the present invention, still fall within the present invention In the range of technical solution protection.

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1. a kind of separate type flash memory in grating structure, which is characterized in that including:
Active area and drain region is arranged in substrate;
Grid are wiped, are set on the source region;
Grid dividing structure, the substrate being set between the source region and drain region, the grid dividing structure include floating boom, control Grid and L-shaped wordline grid including a horizontal component and a vertical component, and the horizontal component of the L-shaped wordline grid is upper Surface is less than the upper surface of the floating boom;
Wherein, the control gate is set on the horizontal component of the floating boom and the L-shaped wordline grid, and part is positioned at described The lower surface of the control gate on the horizontal component of L-shaped wordline grid makes the control gate less than the upper surface of the floating boom There is the longitudinal overlapping region in part with the floating boom, to increase the coupling area of the control gate and the floating boom.
2. separate type flash memory in grating structure as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the horizontal component ratio of the L-shaped wordline grid The thickness of the control gate is 180~220 angstroms thin.
3. separate type flash memory in grating structure as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the material of the L-shaped wordline grid is polycrystalline Silicon or metal.
4. separate type flash memory in grating structure as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the floating boom is cube structure, and described The turning that floating boom closes on the erasing grid is set as fillet.
5. separate type flash memory in grating structure as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the grid dividing structure and the erasing grid it Between be provided with tunneling oxide layer.
6. separate type flash memory in grating structure as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the L-shaped wordline grid and the substrate it Between be provided with gate dielectric layer.
7. separate type flash memory in grating structure as claimed in claim 6, which is characterized in that the material of the gate dielectric layer is titanium dioxide Silicon or high dielectric constant material.
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